NAME

xprotect — Utility for interacting with XProtect

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

xprotect is used to interact with XProtect. It is useful for administrators or users who want to manually invoke XProtect functionality.

xprotect requires exactly one subcommand option to determine what action is to be performed.

SUBCOMMANDS

The subcommands are as follows:

update [--prerelease]

Performs an update of XProtect assets. Using --prerelease will attempt to use a prerelease update, if available.

check [--json]

Prints the currently online available update version in iCloud.

version [--json]

Prints the version of the currently installed XProtect assets.

logs

Display XProtect logs.

status [--json]

Prints the current status of XProtect.

help

Print help for the particular subcommand.

SEE ALSO

syspolicyd(8), spctl(8), syspolicy_check(1)